I Didn't Know It Could Do That! Cool Google Sheets Tricks You Haven't Seen Before
Want to convert percentages to fractions? Add Roman numerals? You'd be surprised some of the things Google Sheets can do!goog
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So How Exactly Do You Learn About Security Issues on Your VPS?
If you're a sysadmin - and if you've got a VPS, you are - how do you learn about new security threats?
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Providers: Grow Your Business in 2025 - Partner with LowEndBox for FREE Advertising!
If you're looking for new ways to reach your audience and don't have the budget for expensive AdWords campaigns or big advertising campaigns where you're competing head on with giant corporations, why not partner with LowEndBox and let us take your brand to the next level.
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Boost Your Chances to Win a Synology NAS, Meta Ray-Bans, a Quest 3 VR, or Dedicated Server Service for a Year in ColoCrossing's Fabulous Fall Giveaway!
Welcome to Fall! Community provider ColoCrossing is hosting a giveaway for our readers. You can win a Synology NAS, Meta Ray-Bans, a Quest VR, and more. Plus they have some really good deals for us! Check out this post to see how you can get some bonus entries.
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Polybius: The Most Dangerous Arcade Game Ever Made. A Deep Dive Into Some Arcade Lore
In 1981, the coinop arcade video game era was in its golden age. And no game was more advanced than Polybius. But then one night, all the Polybius games disappeared suddenly. What happened?
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The Search for a Good Web Hosting Joke: Why AI Humor is Like a Human Toddler's, and the One Savagely Funny Joke ChatGPT Told Me That Will Get It Sued
Have you heard any good web hosting jokes? I haven't. I tried to find some.
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No More "server1" Hostnames! 10 Naming Standards That Will Mark You as a Lovable Lunatic
Naming servers is one of the underrated dark arts of sysadmin life. Don't use something lame like "server1" or some clever encapsulation of prod vs. test and a four-digit number. Spice up your virtual life with a few of our suggestions.
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Running a Gopher Server on a VPS: Retro Internet with Modern Tools!
Gopher was all the rage in the early 90s before the World Wide Web took over. Let's take a look at this old school protocol and get a Gopher server running on a modern system.x
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Do You Need BGP? Probably Not, But Here’s What It Is and Why It Matters
What the heck is BGP and why should you care? Is it relevant to your day-to-day computing? Yes, but it may be a bit more involved than you need.
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Put Your Idlers to Work for a Good Cause! What To Do With All That Spare Horsepower You Have Lying Around
Admit it - you bought systems you're not using. We've all done it! You see a good deal and can't resist. Or you have a grand vision for a vast digital empire but it never quite seems to get done (yet!). What do you do with all the spare LowEndBoxes you have lying around? Other than tracking them with MyIdlers, of course. There's a number of things you could consider doing with them to make the world a better place.
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Win a Synology NAS, Meta Ray-Bans, a Quest 3 VR, or Dedicated Server Service for a Year: ColoCrossing's Fabulous Fall Giveaway Has Started!
Welcome to Fall! Community provider ColoCrossing is hosting a giveaway for our readers. You can win a Synology NAS, Meta Ray-Bans, a Quest VR, and more. Plus they have some really good deals for us!
Read MoreRoll Your Own: How to Setup and Maintain a Minecraft Server on Your VPS
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to setup a Minecraft game server on a Ubuntu VPS. But we won't stop at just starting the server but also will cover setting it up in systemd so it automatically starts/stops with the VPS boot, securing your Minecraft server with whitelisting, maintaining logs, and backing up your Minecraft server so you can roll back to earlier versions.
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Play Dungeons & Dragons 5e with AI: A Review of AI Realm - Pros, Cons, and a Little Bit About What Makes Roleplaying Human
Want to play D&D 5e with an AI GM? That's what AI Realm promises. I give it a spin and find it has some strengths and some weaknesses, and learn a little bit about what makes gaming satisfying for me.
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Before You Format: ext4, XFS, and btrfs Differences Explained (And Which One You Should Pick)
Like every other subsystem, Linux can't decide on just one filesystem. Which one (ext4, XFS, btrfs) is best for you?
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A Deep Dive Into Debian 13's /tmp: What's New, And What To Do If You Don't Like It
Debian 13 "Trixie" comes with a whole new world of tmpfs, which is memory-based, and an automated cleanup process. Let's take a look.
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Run Your Own AI LLM Model on a LowEnd VPS for Only $2.49 a Month! Part Two: Web UI
In part one of this tutorial , we discussed quantization a little, then showed you how to setup Ollama and choose an appropriate large language model to run on it. Now we're going to make it a little bit more user-friendly by installing a web UI.
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Run Your Own AI LLM Model on a LowEnd VPS for Only $2.49 a Month! Part One: Ollama and the Model
Large Language Models (LLMs) have exploded in popularity, and typically they run in massive datacenters operated by tech giants. But here on LowEndBox, we're all about democratizing computing. Is it possible to run your own AI on a cheap VPS? Yes! We'll show you how.
Read MoreTighten Up Your VPS With an SSH Audit! Let's Look at the ssh-audit Package...Does OpenBSD Score Higher Than Debian?
The SSH protocol is surprisingly complex, though the reason why it has to be makes sense once you think about everything it has to do. Using the ssh-audit package, you can audit your SSH server and tighten it up with an easy step-by-step instructions.
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They Used to Be Good, But Now They've Turned to Evil: The Synology End Game
Synology has recently implemented some pretty user-hostile policies, which means my long-term love affair with them is going to end in heartbreak.
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You're a Filthy Bigot, According to the Linux Foundation. Here Are the Offensive Terms They Missed.
Have you ever whitelisted an IP? Maybe you've run a sanity check on server? Perhaps had a service that's hung? Maybe you've had a housekeeping script, or wondered if a particular platform supports something natively? Well, next time you look in the mirror, you've got a low-down, dirty bigot looking back at you, according to the Linux Foundation.
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Hackers Love Default Windows RDP Ports: Here’s Why You Should Change Yours, and How to Do It
Should your change your Windows RDP port? In LowEndBox's opinion, yes. Let's discuss why, and how to do it.
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Build Your Own Status Page with Uptime Kuma on a $1 Per Month VPS
If you run websites, services, or APIs, having a public status page is essential. Customers and staff want to know if your services are up, and you need monitoring that can alert you quickly when something goes down. The good news is that you don’t need expensive commercial services like Statuspage or Pingdom. Or Uptime Robot - which is not only no longer free but is jacking up prices 425%. With a $1 VPS and an open-source tool called Uptime Kuma, you can have a professional-looking status page in minutes.
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Bring Your Own Server: The Business Model I Wish Would Take Off
Recently I came across a cool app that's self-hostable. Unfortunately, the mobile app can't talk to my backend.
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You Might Be a LowEnder If...
There’s a certain kind of person who sees a 128MB OpenVZ VPS and says “Yes, this is exactly what I need.” That person might be laughed at in enterprise IT circles, but around here, we call them family.
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YOUR DATA IS GONE: How to Protect Your Synology From Being Ransomware'd
It'd be heartbreaking to find your NAS device compromised by ransomware. Here's some ways to prevent that from happening.
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Dollar-a-Month Deal Alert Deal! Check Out This Servitro Offer in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Sevitro has returned with three offers, including a dollar-a-month deal! That's for a 1GB VPS in Frankfurt, and includes 1TB of transfer on an IPv4 1gbps uplink.
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Hostiger: VPS Servers in Istanbul Starting at $2.49/Month!
Hostiger has a great offer for us! They've been sharing offers with us for over four years, and they've always brought great value. These deals are in Istanbul and start at only $2.49/month!
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What Happens if You Exceed Your Bandwidth Allotment? An $800 Bill?
There's a thread on LowEndTalk about a user who apparently blew past his bandwidth allotment like a caffeinated ferret discovering the “download all” button on the Library of Congress. And now he has an $800 bandwidth bill.
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